Board of Directors
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GEOFF RICHARDS - Chairman
Geoff is a Board Member of the Nursery and Garden Industry Australia and the Nursery and Garden Industry Western Australia. He is Chairman of the Nursery and Garden Industry Training Committee, a Board Member of Greening Australia Ltd and a Board Member of Greening Australia Western Australia. He is Managing Director of Richgro Garden Products. |
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MARGARET HASELTINE - Deputy Chair Margaret has over 20 years experience at senior executive and board level, 19 of those with Mars Incorporated. Margaret was the CEO of Mars Food, formerly Masterfoods, for four years. Margaret is well known and respected in the FMCG industry. She was actively involved with many organisations, in particular the Australian Food and Grocery Council. She chairs the Central Coast Campus Advisory Board of University and TAFE, a non-executive director at BRI Australia, and has been appointed to the Board of Agrifood Skills Australia. |
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JOHN BAKER John was a Director of the NSW Harness Racing Club (Harold Park) for 18 years and completed the maximum of six years as Chairman and President, and a former Board Member of the controlling body Harness Racing NSW having served a full term of four years. He served as Chairman for seven years until his resignation in 2011. |
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IAN HALLIDAY
Ian Halliday is the current Managing Director of Dairy Australia. He is formerly the CEO of Vesco Foods and KR Castlemaine Foods, and the Operations Director at Kraft Foods. |
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DONALD HAYES
Don is Secretary of the Australian Workers Union and Deputy Chairman of Rural Skills Australia. |
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JOHN HUGHES
John has over forty years experience in the meat industry. He is the General Manager of Operational Improvements for Teys Bros (Holdings) Pty Ltd in Queensland. John has been a Board member of the National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council (MINTRAC) since its inception in 1994 and the Chairman since 1996. |
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KATH EVANS Kath is Secretary of the Australian Meat Industry Employees Union, Newcastle and Northern Branch. She is a Director of the National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council (MINTRAC). |
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DOUG STEVENS
Doug is National President of the National Union of Workers and a Member of the Manufacturing Industry Skills Council. |
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DAVID TAYLOR David has extensive commercial experience with a banking and marketing background. Since retiring in 1999 as Head of the BankWest Business Bank (which included executive oversight of the Agribusiness Centre) , David has progressed a career in corporate governance with appointments to the boards of listed and unlisted public companies and government business enterprises. David is immediate past Chairman of the Forest Products Commission and also the Perth Market Authority, which has responsibility for managing the principal fresh produce wholesale market in Western Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
